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NovaSom completes $35M equity financing led by Safeguard Scientifics

NovaSom, Inc., the market leader in technology-driven, payer-aligned cost-saving solutions for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) management, today announced it has closed $35 million in equity financing.

27 Jun 2011

Aerie Pharmaceuticals closes $30 million Series B financing

Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of medical innovations in ophthalmology, today announced the closing of a $30 million Series B financing.

7 Mar 2011

Schiff Nutrition second quarter net sales decreases to $52.6 million

Schiff Nutrition International, Inc.,, today announced results for the fiscal 2011 second quarter and six months ended November 30, 2010.

17 Dec 2010

TPG Growth acquires 25% of Schiff Nutrition's fully diluted outstanding shares from WHF

Schiff Nutrition International, Inc., announced today that TPG Growth, the middle market buyout and growth platform of TPG, a global private investment firm, has purchased approximately 25% of Schiff Nutrition's fully diluted outstanding shares from Weider Health and Fitness (WHF), Schiff Nutrition's majority shareholder, for $48.8 million.

15 Oct 2010

Otonomy announces closing of $38.5 million Series B financing

Otonomy, Inc. announced today that it has closed a $38.5 million Series B financing co-led by Novo Ventures and RiverVest Venture Partners, and joined by Domain Associates and TPG Biotech. This financing is incremental to the $10 million Series A closed with Avalon Ventures in June 2010. Avalon also participated in the Series B round.

30 Aug 2010

Veracyte announces completion of Series B round

Veracyte, Inc. announced today the successful completion of its Series B round, a key milestone toward the company's first product launch later this year. The South San Francisco biotechnology company is committed to pioneering molecular cytology diagnostics to improve patient care and lower health care costs. This round was led by Domain Associates with significant participation from Veracyte's founding investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), TPG Biotech (TPG), and Versant Ventures.

10 Jun 2010

Nodality raises $15.5M to support launch of acute myelogenous leukemia test

Nodality, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of next generation personalized medicine tests in cancer and autoimmune disease, today announced it completed financing in which the company raised $15.5 million.

23 Mar 2010

TPG and CPPIB affiliates complete acquisition of IMS Health

IMS Health, the world’s leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced the completion of its acquisition by entities created by certain affiliates of TPG Capital, L.P. and the CPP Investment Board.

27 Feb 2010

IMS Health anticipates closing of merger by end of February 2010

IMS Health, the world’s leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced that it expects to close the merger providing for its acquisition by entities created by certain affiliates of TPG Capital, L.P. and the CPP Investment Board by the end of February 2010.

22 Feb 2010

Elevation Pharmaceuticals closes $30M tranched Series A financing

Elevation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new aerosol therapies for patients with respiratory diseases, announced today the closing of a $30 million tranched Series A financing.

21 Jan 2010

moksha8 receives approval to import and use peramivir in patients with H1N1 influenza A in Mexico

moksha8 and BioCryst today announced that moksha8 has been granted approval from COFEPRIS (The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk) in Mexico for the importation and use of peramivir in patients with influenza associated with the 2009 H1N1 influenza A strain.

13 Jan 2010

TPG Capital, CPP Investment Board to acquire IMS Health

IMS Health, the world’s leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by investment funds managed by TPG Capital (“TPG”) and the CPP Investment Board (“CPPIB”) in a transaction with a total value of $5.2 billion, including the assumption of debt.

5 Nov 2009

Gen-Probe to merge industrial testing assets into an independent company

Gen-Probe Incorporated announced today that it is spinning off its industrial testing assets into a new, independent company focused on developing rapid, highly accurate molecular assays for biopharmaceutical production, water and food safety testing, and other applications.

14 Sep 2009